Abstract
Biominerals such as bone, tooth and shell, prepared under mild conditions, have high mechanical properties. Organic functional groups on the surface of organic matrices like protein, lipid and polysaccharide have an important role for the mineral formation in living body. In order to evaluate the organic functional groups for biomineralization, peptides with single sequence were prepared and their catalytic effects were investigated. In addition, structural properties of silica minerals synthesized with peptide were also evaluated.
